What will become of Max Kruse (34)? Under Niko Kovac (50) he is threatened with a regular place – on the bench.
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Half a year ago, Wolfsburg grabbed the striker from Union for a fee of five million euros. He himself made no secret of the fact that he was also changing because of the doubled salary (salary of around EUR 3.8 million).
His sponsor and coach Kohfeldt is gone. And Kovac not his biggest fan…
Wolfsburg coach since summer: Niko Kovac (already coached Frankfurt and Bayern in the Bundesliga)
Photo: Bodo Schackow/dpa
The new Wolfsburg coach put Kruse on the bench once morest his ex-club Bremen today! Official reason: His backlog is too big following calf problems and the flu.
When asked by BILD, Kovac does not even want to comment specifically on Kruse: “It’s not regarding each individual or one, it’s regarding everyone. I have 28 players to rate. Always talking regarding one player is not fair to the others.”
The question remains how the striker will take the new bench role…